National Theatre Live: Antigone vs When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty). When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty is the shorter watch at 1h 16m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty| National Theatre Live: Antigone | When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 16m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Yuho Ishibashi |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Toshihiro Yashiba, Erika Karata, Haruka Imou, Kazuma Ishibashi, Oto Abe |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty
24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.
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